- But every professional around me.
I don't know where it cut me off but I've had professionals
around me the whole time, the therapist I worked with,
my actual psychiatrist who I worked
with on this, off camera.
And many other other people who very much know their shit.
- Every since Kati Morton appeared on the new Shane Dawson
docuseries episode The Dark Side of Jake Paul,
there's been a lot of backlash and controversy.
And people are questioning Kati Morton's credentials,
and everything like that, so in this video we're gonna talk
about, do credentials really matter when it comes
to seeking out a good therapist or psychologist.
Make sure that you stay tuned.
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What is up everybody, this is Chris from The Rewired Soul,
where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution
and if you're new to my channel,
my channel is all about mental health.
Most of my videos, I try to help you out with your mental
health, I also try to increase awareness,
decrease the stigma and real quick that's one of the reasons
I'm so glad that Shane's doing this series.
Whether you love it or hate it or whatever,
it has people talking about very
important mental health subjects.
But anyways, if it sounds like you're into this kind
of stuff make sure that you subscribe
and ring that notification bell.
So with this video I want to kind of show both sides,
I did this in a video I made the other day
about Kati Morton, I wanna show both aspects of it
and one of the reasons is that I'm somebody who struggles
with a lot of black and white thinking.
And you might know what I mean by this,
you think all one way or all the other way and you can
really tell in the comments section but I try to come
in the middle and just like kind of see both sides of it.
And one of the issues that we have is that so many of us
have this black and white thinking and we think oh no,
this is right, this is wrong, da, tada, tada.
But we need to come in the middle and realize that every
person in every situation is gonna be different
and in this video I wanna talk about Kati Morton,
mental health professionals and things like that
because a lot of you struggle with mental health issues
and I will make a more in depth video about finding
a good therapist or when to get rid
of a therapist or psychologist and things
like that because that's a whole video in and of of itself.
But based on the Shane Dawson, Jake Paul series,
I kinda wanna focus on this subject right here.
So some of the backlash that Kati Morton's been getting
and it's something that I mentioned in my last video
is the way she describes sociopaths and the words
that she uses and Shane, that clip I showed in the intro
that's from a Snapchat story he had and people are saying
it's kind of de-humanizing them and things like that.
- Some people are mad that we're talking about sociopaths
and that it's like de-humanizing and that it's offensive
and that was my initial fear with this whole thing.
That's why it took me so long to do this,
I mean I wanted to do this for months
but I kept saying never mind, I don't wanna offend anybody.
- An I'm thinking about making another video about
Shane Dawson's Snapchat story but anyways,
one of the things is that as a mental
health professional right I feel bad, I feel sad, okay.
So I worked in a dual diagnosis treatment center
for the last few years, I've been in recovery from addiction
for six, I've met a lot of people.
So because of my personal experience, this is something
that we all need to realize because of our personal
experience our views are going to vary.
Real quick example, if you look in the comments
people who have been negatively affected by a sociopath
or narcissist, their opinions are going to be very strong
and towards yeah they're gross, they're disgusting,
they're yeah, you know whatever.
But other people who may have not been hurt that bad
or have a less, I don't know, kind of view
that Shane Dawson does, they feel bad for these people.
So, just remember that, your personal experience
shapes your opinion, and we always gotta take
that into consideration but for my experience,
I empathize greatly with addicts and alcoholics.
So, you probably know this, there's a huge stigma
around addiction, there are people who don't wanna work
with drug addicts and alcoholics.
There is such a stigma people think that they're just
making terrible choices and it's not the same as a different
kind of mental illness and all sorts of stuff
but there's people like me where that saddens me.
And I choose to work with addicts and alcoholics,
those are my people, right, the other thing is that I make
a lot of videos about the mental illness
borderline personality disorder, alright.
And one of the reasons that I really started diving
into borderline personality disorder aside from my own
personal experience with a lot of the symptoms,
is that it breaks my heart that there are a lot of
therapists who do not want to work with this population.
There are a lot of people who don't want to work
with people with BPD, it's difficult, it's a struggle.
And I'm not trying to stigmatize it in any way, it's true,
most people seeking help for borderline personality disorder
know that it's a struggle to have people in their lives
because of the emotional dysregulation, the ups and downs.
Some of the attention seeking behaviors and all that kind
of stuff, me mostly, I love working with people
with borderline personality disorder, that's me.
So I'm grateful that there are people like me,
who will work with those population of people
with borderline personality disorder, addiction,
I also work with a lot of people with depression,
anxiety, trauma, all sorts of stuff.
That is kind of my well, okay.
Now what a lot of you are seeing with Katie Morton
and this backlash is, is that you're starting to have your
eyes open to this, this very simple fact.
Therapists, psychologists, everybody, they are human,
they have their own preferences and things like that.
So what you need to understand or hopefully you understand
or can empathize with is that some of them have certain
preferences on who they work with.
So a great example, and the reason I got this idea
for this video is my beautiful girlfriend,
we watch a bunch of YouTube and we see what's going
on in the community and she has her views on people
who are sociopaths and borderline personality disorder.
Now my girlfriend, she actually worked in a psych hospital
for two years and here's just a great example of this okay,
so I was meeting with some colleagues
who I worked at a treatment center with.
And we were talking and I was saying, yeah my girlfriend
worked at a psych hospital for two years.
Now we worked at an inpatient addiction treatment center
and my colleagues were like,
"Oh my God, she worked at a psych hospital!"
So, you kinda just see that, you know what I mean
but my girlfriend she loved working in this psych hospital
where people at a residential, alcohol and drug addiction
treatment center, they wouldn't work at at a psych hospital.
So I'm grateful that there's people like my girlfriend
who loved working with that population, right.
But my girlfriend was telling me some of these stories
and there's a story that comes up whenever she hears
sociopath there's a story that comes up in her mind
where at her psych hospital somebody who was diagnosed
with anti social personality disorder they just straight,
straight up punched an old woman employee
at the psych hospital and did not care.
They didn't care, at all right and it's hard for people
to understand that, it's hard for people to fathom
that happening, right and you know the people in these
and not everybody in a psych hospital
has anti-social personality disorder.
Not all of them are violent by any means
and that's the other thing, by the way.
You guys please pay attention to entire videos
and all of their content before you start freaking out.
Kati Morton made it clear multiple times
that not all of them are violent, okay.
But anyways this is an example that my girlfriend gave me
and that's what I want you to kind of keep in mind,
you know what I mean, I want you to kind of keep
that in mind, there are some people who would never
do what I do, working with drug addicts and alcoholics
because I have had over 70 people die,
over 70 people die from overdose and suicide.
Some people cannot take that, you see what I mean.
So there's different people who are going to work
with different populations, right.
So, the other thing is about my girlfriend,
my girlfriend, she enjoys working with people
with things like schizophrenia who hear voices
and see things and stuff like that.
I have no issue with that population but I don't work
well with them but my girlfriend does.
So the point I'm trying to get across in this video
is there's so many people and I think the main thing
is this is why we need more people in the mental health
field, 'cause we're all different.
We all work with different populations,
we all mesh with certain people.
What I would ask you to do when trying to develop
this empathy is kind of look at your own experience.
Even though you're not in the mental health field
or anything like that, let's say you work in retail,
let's say you work in retail , right.
Maybe you like working with older people rather than younger
people right , like therapist,
psychologists, they're humans too.
So, regardless of their credentials, Shane Dawson
mentioned in his Snapchat story that not only did he talk
with Kati Morton who's a licensed marriage and family
therapist, he also talked a lot with a psychiatrist
but he also did a lot of his own independent research.
What you gotta understand is,
you can get an entire group of people together
and they might be professionals in the field but they might
disagree with your opinions or views on these things.
Same thing, I deal with it a lot when it comes to addiction
I see a lot people who are scientist
who disagree that addiction is a disease,
or I can find a lot of scientists and mental health
professionals who do agree that it is a disease.
You have varying opinions, so I just wanna help educate
you a little bit more when looking at the rest
of the Shane Dawson series, when you're looking
at Kati Morton and her credentials and things like that.
I hope you kind of have a better understanding
but again I am so, so, so happy that they're making
this part of the conversation now.
People are talking about these things, and I get to make
a video and some of you are gonna watch it and you're gonna
get educated a little bit more but if you're somebody
who struggles with a certain mental illness or disorder
and you're worried, does this therapist want to work with me
or do they like working with people with my disorder.
This is where I tell you about the amazing online therapy
app Better Help, who helps support this channel, alright.
So there is a link down in the description
and in the pin comments, so Better Help if you don't know,
Shane talked about it.
Better Help is an online therapy app and basically
what you do is you go through and you do an entire
questionnaire and the great part about this is whatever
your symptoms are, whatever your diagnosis is, you can find
a therapist who works with your specific population, right.
So I've gone through this questionnaire,
there are therapists who work with drug addicts
and alcoholics, there are therapists who work with people
who are victims of trauma, there are therapists who work
with people who have borderline personality
disorder and things like that.
So, if you're looking for a mental health professional
to work with you, make sure you check out Better Help
it's down in the description below.
Alright, but anyways I wanna know your comments
and your feedback, did this help open up your eyes a little
bit, I try my best to give a balanced point of view.
So let me know down in the comments below, okay.
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